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Ukrainian Journalist Roman Sushchenko Released from Russian Prison
“Russia’s security services falsely painted Sushchenko as an intelligence plant, a spurious accusation they have repeatedly lodged against reporters who refuse to accept the Kremlin’s party line." More
DARE: Sentsov Released, PEN America Honoree Calls for Release of Other Prisoners
Dozens of U.S. states are set to launch antitrust and privacy investigations into Facebook and Google as scrutiny of the big tech firms increases. More
Resignation of University of Alabama Dean Over Tweets Threatens Free Speech
“It is difficult to see Dr. Riley’s ‘resignation by mutual agreement’ as anything other than a punitive outcome occasioned by the content of his speech." More
FEC Chair to Host Symposium on Digital Disinformation and the Threat to Democracy
The daylong symposium – hosted by FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub, PEN America, and Stanford’s Global Digital Policy Incubator – is designed to frame and understand the risks and challenges… More
Fireside: or Immaterial Burns
"The leather strained as Tyrone leaned forward to push in the cigarette lighter, and again, when he sat back in the seat." More
My Co-Worker
"My co-worker makes parole. / No goodbyes. Just disappears one day." More
Young Girl Twenty
"The type of chick that young thugs’ll wait on, / and older catz lose they weight on / Modestly fly, sour chicks couldn’t play Dawn" More
All of Us, In Prison
"some prisons, by the night, / will never let you go, / and some prisons, in the light, / will never let you go." More